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Jean Grant

Jean Grant has been a freelance writer since 2015, covering a range of lifestyle topics like shopping, interiors, wellness and culture for publications like Maclean’s and Toronto Life. She also enjoys working with brands to develop custom content, and shares personal essays through her Substack newsletter, Nobody is Thinking About You.

Latest from Jean Grant

Inside Oomomo, an enormous Japanese-inspired dollar store in North York

Inside Oomomo, an enormous Japanese-inspired dollar store in North York

There are more than 8,000 products inside

What notable Torontonians got up to over the holidays

What notable Torontonians got up to over the holidays

How the other half spent their time off

Bottomless bubbles at Piano Piano, a luxe staycation at Hotel X and 10 other things to do in Toronto on New Year's Eve

Bottomless bubbles at Piano Piano, a luxe staycation at Hotel X and 10 other things to do in Toronto on New Year’s Eve

Everything worth doing in Toronto to ring in 2019

Real Weddings: Inside a two-ceremony Hindu-Catholic celebration

Real Weddings: Inside a two-ceremony Hindu-Catholic celebration

The couple crammed in two separate ceremonies and plenty of party time

How a stager refreshed a well-loved Riverdale home

Real Estate News

How a stager refreshed a well-loved Riverdale home

See an older home before and after it was staged for sale

Inside Métier Creative's homey, L.A.-inspired office in the Annex

Inside Métier Creative’s homey, L.A.-inspired office in the Annex

Stacie Brockman and Erin Kleinberg, two of the creative minds behind Coveteur have a new gig and new digs

How a stager turned an old High Park home into a millennial-approved abode

Real Estate News

How a stager turned an old High Park home into a millennial-approved abode

See inside a $1.4 million home before and after it was staged for sale

Inside Dog Tales, a swanky pet sanctuary in King City

Inside Dog Tales, a swanky pet sanctuary in King City

There are around 130 pooches on the property

Inside Sukoshi Mart's latest, much larger location in Scarborough

Inside Sukoshi Mart’s latest, much larger location in Scarborough

It carries a bit more of everything

Inside Artscape Daniels Launchpad, Toronto's new $34-million creative co-working hub

Inside Artscape Daniels Launchpad, Toronto’s new $34-million creative co-working hub

With 30,000 square feet of state-of-the-art resources for creatives

How a stager remade a Liberty Village loft

Real Estate News

How a stager remade a Liberty Village loft

See inside a condo before and after it was staged for sale

How a stager revived a stuffy Windsor Arms condo

Real Estate News

How a stager revived a stuffy Windsor Arms condo

See inside a $4.5-million condo before and after it was staged for sale

Inside The Workaround, an east-end co-working space with built-in childcare

Inside The Workaround, an east-end co-working space with built-in childcare

Where you can bring your kid to work every day

Inside OCAD's new business innovation studio, with colourful wall nooks and a top-notch coffee bar

Inside OCAD’s new business innovation studio, with colourful wall nooks and a top-notch coffee bar

The space was inspired by pink hair and paintbrushes

What notable Torontonians dressed up as for Halloween

What notable Torontonians dressed up as for Halloween

From superheroes to Star Wars

Real Weddings: Inside a Newfie-themed affair at Fort York

Real Weddings: Inside a Newfie-themed affair at Fort York

Featuring fisherman hats and a lot of Newfoundland rum

How a stager made a DIY reno more buyer-friendly

Real Estate News

How a stager made a DIY reno more buyer-friendly

See inside a Corso Italia home before and after it was staged for sale

A look at Type Books' dreamy new Junction location

A look at Type Books’ dreamy new Junction location

The beloved bookstore has opened another shop at Dundas and Keele

A look inside WeWork's chic new co-working space in the Financial District

Real Estate News

A look inside WeWork’s chic new co-working space in the Financial District

The city's stylish new co-working spaces are tempting workers out of coffee shops

See inside VerkSpace, a Nordic-inspired co-working office in Moss Park

Real Estate News

See inside VerkSpace, a Nordic-inspired co-working office in Moss Park

The city's stylish new co-working spaces are tempting workers out of coffee shops

See inside Make Lemonade, a feminist co-working space in the Entertainment District

Real Estate News

See inside Make Lemonade, a feminist co-working space in the Entertainment District

The city's stylish new co-working spaces are tempting workers out of coffee shops

How a stager helped prevent a Teddington Park duplex from being torn down

Real Estate News

How a stager helped prevent a Teddington Park duplex from being torn down

See inside an uptown home before and after it was staged for sale

A look inside Spaces, a new Queen West co-working office with a killer rooftop deck

Real Estate News

A look inside Spaces, a new Queen West co-working office with a killer rooftop deck

The city's stylish new co-working spaces are tempting workers out of coffee shops

Team Canada hockey player Gillian Apps and Team USA player Meghan Duggan got married last weekend

Team Canada hockey player Gillian Apps and Team USA player Meghan Duggan got married last weekend

A sporty love story for the ages

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

Big Stories

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

Just Listed

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer